Statistics for British Colonies

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Hint	Continent	Answer	Year Colonised/ Protectorate	Year of Independence/Given Back	% Correct
Infamous for this "triangle", where ships sink	Americas	Bermuda	1609	Never	92%
Very rich per capita island in Southeast Asia	Asia	Singapore	1946	1959	88%
This is the largest country on the continent/s	Americas	Canada	1763	1867/1931/1982 (Arguable)	67%
This is where the first 2 Pirates of the Caribbean movies were filmed	Americas	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1763	1979	63%
This was taken from China after the Opium Wars	Asia	Hong Kong	1841	1997	60%
This small chain of Islands in the Indian Ocean may go underwater soon	Asia	Maldives	1887	1965	60%
2 Landlocked countries in southern part of the continent	Africa	Northern & Southern {Rhodesia}	1888	1964 - 1980	60%
Island Nation in the Persian Gulf	Asia	Bahrain	1783	1971	58%
Country situated on the Nile Delta, sometimes considered the oldest country	Africa	Egypt	1867	1922	58%
These islands are claimed by Argentina	Americas	{Falkland} Islands	1833	Never	58%
This is now the most populous country on the continent	Africa	Nigeria	1884	1960	58%
Only country in the Middle East that only has 1 border	Asia	Qatar	1868	1971	58%
The modern country has a trident on its flag	Americas	Barbados	1627	1961	56%
The United States also holds a part of these islands	Americas	British {Virgin} Islands	1672	Never	56%
Island in the Central Medditerranean	Europe	Malta	1814	1974	56%
"The Holy Land"	Asia	Palestine	1918	1948	56%
Most populous and important part of the British Empire	Asia	British {India}	1612 - 1858 (Arguable)	1947	54%
A large part of this country is claimed by Venezuela	Americas	Guyana	1831	1970	54%
This is the second Island Napoleon was banished to	Africa	Saint Helena	1659	Never	54%
This is named for the ocean it is located in	Asia	British {Indian Ocean} Territory	1965	Never	52%
Country in Southeast Asia	Asia	Brunei	1888	1984	52%
This dominion was added to Canada	Americas	Newfoundland	1610	1949	52%
This is the least populous country on the continent/s	Americas	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1713	1967	52%
Freetown is its capital	Africa	Sierra Leone	1787	1961	52%
This dominion gained land from a German colony after WWI	Africa	South Africa	1806	1910/1961 (Arguable)	52%
Shared between the above and Britain	Africa	Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	1899	1953	50%
This penal colony became a dominion	Oceania	Australia	1788	1901	50%
The name of this colony is the same as a country to the south	Americas	British {Honduras}	1862	1981	50%
A river is the namesake of this small country the western part of the continent	Africa	Gambia	1820	1965	50%
Yet another area taken from the Ottomans	Asia	Iraq	1918	1958	50%
It has the smallest GDP of any sovereign country	Oceania	Nauru	1914	1968	50%
Highest rate of Malaria	Africa	Uganda	1894	1961	50%
This was merged with an Italian colony to make a new country	Africa	British {Somali}land	1884	1960	48%
The teardrop of the above	Asia	Ceylon	1796	1972	48%
Island now divided into 4 zones, one of which is British	Asia	Cyprus	1878	1959	48%
Stolen from Spain	Europe	Gibraltar	1713	Never	48%
Smaller British Isle	Europe	Ireland	1169	1921	48%
This country is most well known for Reggae	Americas	Jamaica	1707	1962	48%
The Dodo went extinct after the discovery of this island	Africa	Mauritius	1810	1968	48%
This colony was named after an island in Denmark	Oceania	New Zealand	1840	1907/1947 (Arguable)	48%
This island in the Southwest Pacific has Hindi as an official language	Oceania	Fiji	1874	1970	46%
This was taken from Germany after WWI	Africa	{Togo}land	1916	1956	46%
Its capital is Castries	Americas	Saint Lucia	1803	1967	44%
The modern day country changed its name to sound less colonial	Africa	{Swazi}land	1871	1968	44%
Its capital is Nuku'alofa	Oceania	Tonga	1900	1970	44%
This country is the biggest of the Lesser Antilles	Americas	Trinidad and Tobago	1802	1962	44%
This is named after a city in southern Spain	Americas	Grenada	1763	1974	42%
Country with the biggest oil reserves per capital	Asia	Kuwait	1899	1961	42%
Area next to the above taken from the Ottomans	Asia	Transjordan	1918	1946	42%
Is known for Seven Mile Beach and is mentioned in "Yakko's World"	Americas	{Cayman} Islands	1670	Never	40%
This was sandwiched between French colonies and the above	Africa	Gold Coast	1821	1960	40%
Site of the shortest war in history	Africa	Zanzibar	1890	1963	40%
Modern country is the 2nd largest diamond producer in the world	Africa	{Bechuana}land	1885	1966	38%
The Irrawaddy is its main river	Asia	Burma	1886	1948	35%
"Mau Mau Uprising"	Africa	Kenya	1920	1963	35%
The southernmost point of the Asian Mainland	Asia	Malaya	1824	1963	35%
This is where the southernmost battle was ever fought	Antarctica	{South Georgia} Island	1775	Never	35%
This colony is completely surrounded by the above	Africa	{Basuto}land	1959	1966	33%
The modern country is named after the lake it borders	Africa	{Nyasa}land	1891	1964	33%
Middle Eastern colony; namesake of the gulf it is situated on	Asia	Aden	1839	1967	31%
Sometimes grouped with the above	Africa	Ascension	1815	Never	31%
The capital is named after a former German country	Americas	Bahamas	1629	1973	31%
Unified with the above	Asia	Sarawak	1841	1946	31%
Former German Colony	Africa	Tanganyika	1922	1961	31%
Its flag features dolphins on it	Americas	Anguilla	1650	Never	29%
Its capital is Port Vila	Oceania	New Hebrides	1878	1980	29%
There is a larger country with a similar name on the same continent	Americas	Dominica	1763	1978	27%
Horatio Nelson was stationed here	Americas	{Turks and Caicos} Islands	1783	Never	27%
The capital of this island colony is the same as a province in Canada	Americas	Antigua	1667	1981	25%
There is a monastery 45km away from Barcelona with the same name	Americas	Montserrat	1632	Never	25%
This island is home to the heaviest turtle on earth	Africa	Seychelles	1811	1976	25%
These were taken by Japan and were later given to Kiribati	Oceania	Gilbert Islands	1916	1979	23%
This is the most remote archipelago in the world	Africa	Tristan Da Cunha	1816	Never	23%
Also unified with the 2 above, named for the island it is situated on	Asia	North Borneo			19%
This small island chain is the least populous national jurisdiction in the world	Oceania	Pitcairn Islands	1790	Never	19%
This colony used to be and empire which colonised the East Coast of Africa	Asia	Muscat and Oman	1891	1970	17%
Lots of walls were built in this Chinese city seized by the British	Asia	Weihai	1898	1930	10%
The modern day country has the highest building in the world	Asia	Trucial Oman	1820	1971	6%